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CHRIST
ER4LTED
AND
THE
SPIRIT
GTVSN., [SERM.
TV.
yet
being designed to
continue
forty
days on
earth,
he
was
not
raised
in
a glorified body
;
Luke
xxiv.
39.
He
pronounces
his
"
body to
be
flesh
and
bones,
and
bids
his
disciples
handle
him,"
but
St.
Paul
assures
us
;
1
Cor.
xv.
50.
"
That
flesh
and
blood
cannot inherit
the king-
dom
of
God,
nor
can
corruption inherit incorruption
;"
and therefore
the
bodies
of
the saints
at
the
resurrection
must
be
all changed into
spiritual
and
incorruptible,
that
is,
such
as
are
fit
for
the
services
of a
glorified
spirit,
and
for an immortal life. Such a change passed
upon
the
flesh
and
bones
of
our
blessed
Lord,
when
the
bright
cloud received
him
out
of
the sight
of
his
disciples,
and
conveyed
him
upward to the mansions. of light and
im-
mortality. Acts
i.
9.
II.
I
might also take notice
in
the
next
place.
That
it
is
part
of the exaltation
of
Christ
to
be
delivered from
all
possible sorrows
and pains and temptations,
to which
he
was
exposed
in
our
world
to
be
placed above the
reach of the
malice
of earth
and
hell, as
well as
to
be
delivered
from
'all
mortal
infirmities, and to
be filled
With
inward satisfaction and
joy
unspeakable.
He
is
exalted
to
"
the
right-hand
of
God, where there are
pleasures for
ever more
;"
Ps.
xvi.
11.
His
holy
soul,
which once
endured
such
terrible
conflicts
and
agonies,
now sits
triumphant
in
eternal
peace, never,
to be ruffled
and
disquieted again.
IIe
now enjoys
those sweet
and
sacred
satisfactions
'of
heart, which arise from
the
review
of
his own finished
labours and sufferings; tiresome
"labours
indeed, and
tremendous
sufferings,
but never
more to
be
repeated
!
He
is
now
for
ever
drinking
in
fuller..
pleasures
from
the indwelling godhead,
from
the
smiles
of
his
Father's
face,
and
shall never more com-
plain,
"
My God
why
hast thou
forsaken me?
Mat.
xxvii.
4G.
He, for the
joy that
was
set before
him,
en
dured the cross, and despised the shame
;"
lieb.
xii. 2.
and these are the joys
which he
is
now possessed
of
as
a
just
and
divine recompence.
III.
He
has
authority
given him
by
the
Father,
to
govern the
world
as
long as
it
stands,
and to
judge'it
at
the last
day.
" He
is
exalted
to be
both
a
Prince
and
a
Saviour,
to
give
repentance
to
men and forgiveness
of
sins
;"
Acts
v.
31.
He
calls those who
are
given
him
out of
the world,
and makes them
parts of
his
church